V3 - P 202 - 303 - World Of Islam Portal

THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @g%5 (Vol-3) 217
also not because of our kinship. What makes me weep is the departure of the
knowledge (of Deen) and knowledge of Islaamic law that I had been acquiring
from you.' His response was, 'Do not weep because knowledge and Imaan shall
remain as they are and whoever seeks them shall surely find them. Seek them as
Ibraheem 6@&!i sought them. When he had not acquired them full;, he asked
Allaah saying:
'I am going to (a place where) my Rabb (has commanded me to go), (it
is onfyAJfaah) Who will soon guide me.' {Surah Saaffaat, verse 991
After I die, seek knowledge from four persons. If you canllor CTI~ what you seek
with any one of them, then ask the people for the best amone.-+ 'hem. The four
men are Abdullaah bin Mas'ood %Ed%j, Abdullaah L!n F3laam *L;&j, """""'
Salmaan !3= and Uwaymir Abu Dardaa 51G5W. You skiould dlso beware of
the blunders of the wise and the verdict of a hypocrite.'
'How will I identify the blunder of a wise man?' I asked. He ex?lained, 'It is
misguided speech that Shaytaan casts on the tongue of a man which he utters
without thinking.
-
However, it sometimes also occurs that a hypocrite speaks
what is true. You should therefore absorb sound knowledge from wherever it
comes to you because there is light in the truth. Matters that are dubious should
however be avoided."'(')
Hadhrat Arnr bin Maymoon narrates, "We were in Yemen when Hadhrat Mu'aadh
bin Jabal came there and addressed us saying, '0 people of Yemen! Accept
lslaam and live in peace. I am the envoy of Rasulullaah &$% to you.' Since then, I
took a liking to him and never parted from him until he passed away. When he
was leaving the world and I started to weep, he asked, What makes you cy3' I
replied, 'I am weeping because of the knowledge that will be leaving with you.'
He consoled me saying, Verily knowledge and Imaan shall remain until the Day
of Qiyaamah ..." The rest of the narration is similar to the ones above.
Learning Imaan, knowledge and Practise
All at the Same Time
The Statements of Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar
Hadhrat Jundub bin Abdullaah %lEW and
Hadhrat Ali ~EWj in this Regard
B,Gi&%j,
-
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar said, "During the greater portion of my life I
have seen that a man (from the Sahabah @=) learns Imaan before the
Qur'aan. Whenever a Surah was revealed to Muhammad @&%, the man would
learn what was proclaimed lawful and unlawfut and where it was appropriate to
stop just as you people learn the (words of the) Qur'aan itself. However, I now
(1) Haakirn (Vo1.4 Pg.466).
(2) Ibn Asaakir, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol.7 Pg.87).